OTES
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OTES is a thermal emission spectrometer aboard NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft used to measure the mineralogy and temperature of asteroid Bennu’s surface.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| OTES canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10211999 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: OTES Context triple: [OSIRIS-REx, scienceInstrument, OTES]
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A.
OTS
OTS was the abbreviation for the Office of Thrift Supervision, a former U.S. federal agency that regulated savings and loan associations and other thrift institutions.
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B.
OTS
OTS is a regional intergovernmental organization that promotes political, economic, and cultural cooperation among Turkic-speaking countries.
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C.
OTS
OTS is the postnominal abbreviation used by recipients of the Gold and Silver Rays honor.
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OTS
OTS is the United States Air Force’s commissioning program that trains and prepares selected candidates to become commissioned officers.
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E.
OT
OT is the commonly used abbreviation for the Teide Observatory, a major astronomical research facility located on Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: OTES Target entity description: OTES is a thermal emission spectrometer aboard NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft used to measure the mineralogy and temperature of asteroid Bennu’s surface.
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A.
OTS
OTS was the abbreviation for the Office of Thrift Supervision, a former U.S. federal agency that regulated savings and loan associations and other thrift institutions.
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B.
OTS
OTS is a regional intergovernmental organization that promotes political, economic, and cultural cooperation among Turkic-speaking countries.
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C.
OTS
OTS is the United States Air Force’s commissioning program that trains and prepares selected candidates to become commissioned officers.
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D.
OTS
OTS is the postnominal abbreviation used by recipients of the Gold and Silver Rays honor.
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E.
OT
OT is the commonly used abbreviation for the Teide Observatory, a major astronomical research facility located on Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
scientific instrument
ⓘ
spacecraft instrument ⓘ thermal emission spectrometer ⓘ |
| aboardSpacecraft |
OSIRIS-REx
ⓘ
linked to:
OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission
|
| acronymFor | OSIRIS-REx Thermal Emission Spectrometer ⓘ |
| dataType |
emission spectra
ⓘ
surface temperature maps ⓘ |
| destination | Bennu vicinity orbit ⓘ |
| developedFor |
OSIRIS-REx mission
ⓘ
linked to:
OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission
|
| fullName | OSIRIS-REx Thermal Emission Spectrometer ⓘ |
| hostOrganization |
Lockheed Martin Space (spacecraft prime contractor)
ⓘ
linked to:
Lockheed Martin Space
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ⓘ
linked to:
Goddard Space Flight Center
|
| measurementType |
brightness temperature
ⓘ
radiance ⓘ |
| mission |
OSIRIS-REx
ⓘ
linked to:
OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission
|
| missionType | sample return mission ⓘ |
| observes | thermal infrared emission ⓘ |
| operatedByAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| operationalEnvironment | deep space ⓘ |
| partOf | OSIRIS-REx remote sensing suite ⓘ |
| platformType | orbiter ⓘ |
| primaryTarget | asteroid Bennu ⓘ |
| relatedToInstrument |
OCAMS
ⓘ
OVIRS ⓘ |
| scientificDiscipline |
mineralogy
ⓘ
planetary science ⓘ spectroscopy ⓘ thermophysics ⓘ |
| scientificPurpose |
characterize thermophysical properties of asteroid Bennu
ⓘ
measure surface mineralogy of asteroid Bennu ⓘ measure surface temperature of asteroid Bennu ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spacecraftRole | remote sensing instrument ⓘ |
| spectralRegion | thermal infrared ⓘ |
| supportsObjective |
inform sample return context
ⓘ
understand Bennu’s composition ⓘ understand Bennu’s thermal properties ⓘ |
| targetBody |
(101955) Bennu
ⓘ
linked to:
Bennu
|
| targetBodyType | near-Earth asteroid ⓘ |
| usedFor |
constrain surface roughness of Bennu
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determine thermal inertia of Bennu ⓘ identify minerals on Bennu ⓘ map compositional variations on Bennu ⓘ support geological interpretation of Bennu ⓘ support sample site selection on Bennu ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: OTES Description of subject: OTES is a thermal emission spectrometer aboard NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft used to measure the mineralogy and temperature of asteroid Bennu’s surface.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission